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Today is one of the most important on the annual calendar of national days, festivals and celebrations; it’s Earth Day. A global event, April 22nd where many of us become environmental activists for the day, celebrating the beauty of our planet, highlighting environmental issues, educating the next generation and organising conservation projects which aim to improve planetary and community habitats. …

Tomorrow’s topic for popular Twitter travel chat #TToT is ‘Last Chance Tourism‘. I’ve already been asked on several occasions what it actually means, so an explanatory post seems appropriate. By this very definition it means that the opportunities to visit these destinations and encounter with cultures or wildlife are diminishing and eventually will cease to exist. Time could be running …

Tomorrow, 4th October, 2016 we will celebrate World Animal Day, a global initiative to hoping to educate, raise awareness of wildlife welfare issues and unify animal wellbeing groups. The noble and important aim is to make the world a better place for animals. World Animal Day; A Reason to Celebrate Days like this and similar ones such as the World …

April in Lakeland can be unpredictable weather wise, glorious sunshine one minute, hailstones the next. 16 degrees one day, below zero the next. Having received a kind invitation from George Fisher in the Lake District to visit, I grabbed a tent and my toastiest sleeping bag and headed off for a weekend of camping and walking. At this point I should admit …

This is a belated post, the United Nations official World Wildlife Day was celebrated yesterday, and I am disappointed that time and commitments conspired against publishing before now. However, with slightly more time to think, we should celebrate wildlife, care about wildlife, want to conserve wildlife every day. So maybe this is a belated post, relevant whether it’s an officially …

I have been aware of the ‘Travel Bloggers Give Back’ initiative for more than a week now. I was contacted by Bret Love of Green Global Travel about becoming involved; it is a great idea and immediately agreed to provide my own supporting post. The challenge is that there are so many worthwhile causes finding a really exceptional cause is …

The planet we call home is an amazing place; it is located in the band of space which is far enough away from the just right size star to not only produce but sustain life. The temperature range is perfect, the planet retains its moisture and atmosphere, and it even has a nearby satellite moon which controls the tides. It …

Accessibility of air travel Sustainable travel is one of the fashionable terms being bandied about at the moment. Eco-tourism, green travel and reducing carbon-footprints are some of the current ‘buzz’ words of the travel industry. Airlines are offering carbon offsetting programmes where paying a little more for the flight means that ‘green’ initiatives will be invested in. There is some …

If you are unfamiliar with the term Anthropocene Epoch, it is the informal name which has been given to describe our impact on the Planet. It is the geological period of time in which man’s activities has had significant influence over the eco-systems of this World. Moments ago I was writing a piece on making better use of your camera, …